Combined weather-strip and guide.



:No. 355,293. PATENTED MAY 28, 1967.

\ W. H. ETTER.

.GOMBINED WEATHER STRIP AND GUIDE.

' APPLIOAIIOR FILED JAN. 17. 1908.

WILLIAM H. ETTER, OF MARIETTA, onio.

COMBINED WEATHER-STRIP AND GUIDE.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented May 28, 1907.

Application filed January 1'7, 1906. Serial No. 296,488.

To alt whom it may concern;

Be it known that I, WILLIAM ETTER, a citizen of the United States, residing at Man etta, in the county of WVashington and State vide a combined weather strip and guide of this character, which will be simple, inexpensive, strong and durable, and which will be capable of: being readily and satisfactorily applied by persons without previous experi ence, and with the simplest of tools.

Another object of the invention is to provide a combined weather strip and guide having a resilient adjustable ton ue, adapted to engage a groove or channel 0 a sash or other part, and composed of sides or flanges adapted to be either spread or closed to enable it to fit properly a groove or channel of any widthl' The invention also has for its object to provide a combined weather strip and guide having a tongue with independently adjustable side flanges or'members which will be adapted to create a light friction to form practically an air-tight'joint or connection, and which will not bind or become inoperative through any accumulation of dirt or lint.

A further object of the invention is to provide a combined guideand weather strip, in which the projecting engaging tongue will be automatically straightened through the movement of the parts should it become bent from any cause.

With these and other objects in view, the invention consists in the construction and novel combination and arrangement of parts,

hereinafter fully described and illustrated in the drawing and pointed out in the claims hereto appended; it being understood that various chan es in the form, proportion, size, and details 0 construction, within the scope of the claims, may be resorted to without departing from. the spirit or sacrificing any of" the advantages of the invention.

In the drawing Figure 1 is a horizontal sectional view of one side of a window provided with a combined guide and weather strip constructed in accordance with thismvention. Fig. 2 is a detail perspective v ew of a portion of the weather strip. Fig. 3 1s a horizontal sectional view of a portion of a window, illustrating a slight modification of the invention; Fig. 4 is a detail perspective view of a portion of the weather strip illustrated in Fig.3;

Like numerals of reference designate corresponding parts in all the figures of the drawing.

1 designates a weather strip constituting a stationary frame member and designed to be a plied to a window at the top, bottom and sides thereof, and capable of also use as a guide for drawers and various other relatively slidable parts, and constructedof a single piece of resilient sheet metal, which is bent at opposite sides of the center to form a primary flat base, and folded inwardly on itself to provide two laterally projecting attaching flanges or secondary bases 2 and 3, having two plies or thicknesses of the metal. The edges of the sheet metal are then bent outward, substantially at an angle to the attaching flanges, to provide two side flanges or members 4,.which have spaced free edges 5, and which. constitute a resilient tongue for engaging a groove or channel 6, of a sash 7, or other part. The two side flanges or members approach. quite close to each other at the base, and then diverge from the latter to a point in rear of the outer edges, and from that point they converge. The diverging and converging portions are thus arranged at an angle to each other. The flanges engage the opposite walls of the groove or ch annel at the angle formed by the said. diverging and converging portions, and the space between the flanges at their points of connection to the base is materially less than the space between their outer edges. This per- 'mits the ton ue to be arranged at different" angles to the ase, without materially changing the relative arrangement of the flanges which form the tongue. The attaching flanges, which may be of any desired width to fit properly the sash-guides or runways of a window frame, are provided at intervals with perforations for the reception of suitable fastening devices for securing the combined guide and Weather stri to the part on which it is to be applied. n Fig. 1 of the drawing, the weather strip is shown applied to the window frame 8, between the parting head 9 and the guide strip 10, and the groove or channel 6 is provided in the adjacent side edge of the sash 7, but it will be readily apparent that the top sash may be providedln lts upper edge, and the bottom sash in its lower ed 'e, with suitable grooves to receive top and bottom weather stri s.

The sides or flanges 4, w ich are inde-.

pendently adjustable, are bowed or bent longitudinally in opposite direct-ions to present substantially convex exterior engagmg' or abuttingfaces to the side walls of the groove or channel 6, and they are adapted to roduce a light friction to provide substantially an air-tight joint or connection, .and at the same time to permit the sash orother part to slide freely and prevent the same from binding through any accumulation of dirt or lint.

7 for the reception of fastening devices, may be partially embedded in a kerf or groove 13, of

a parting strip 14, or other part, if desired. By this arrangement the side edges of the base of the weather strip may be anchored, if desired.

The combined weather strip is adapted to be readily and satisfactorily applied by persons without previous experience, and it may be employed on windows of any desired size, and can be easily removed without-injury either to it or to the window, and only the simplest tools are required for such work. The resilient tongue, which will remain indefinitely in proper contact with the sash orv other part at opposite sides of the groove or channel, may be readily spread or closed to fit grooves or channels of different sizes, and, should the resilient tongue become bent through any cause, it will be automatically straightened by the sliding of the sashes or other parts to which the combined guide and I and then converging,

weather strip" is applied. The outwardlybowed side flanges or meml. ers of the tongue present substantially convex faces to the sash at op osite sides of the groove or channel, and't e friction is thereby reduced to a mlmmum, and at the same time the members are prevented from bindin or becoming cramped through any accumu ation of dirt or lint. The device prevents all possibility of'a window sash sticking in"wet weather from the swelling of the wood, and it insures a free movement of the sash so'that the latter can be easil raised and lowered at all times. It 'w1l1 also e clear that the weather strip is exceedingly lnexpensive in its construction,

at the same time possesses great dura- When the device is applied to a window, the resilient tongue is located at one side of the center of the sash, or in any other posi tion to clear the sash cords, and the attache mg base or back may be varied in form to adapt It to the configuration of the part to which the device issecured.

Having thus fully described my invention, what I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is:

A combined guide and weather strip comprising a folded base constructed of sheet metal, the edges of which are bent at an angle to the base to provide, side flanges or members, forming a resilient tongue, said flanges or members closely approaching at the base, and first diverging from the same, the outer ends. ofthe flanges or members being spaced apart, the said flanges being adapted to engage the opposite walls of a groove at the place formed by the said diverging and converging portions, and the space between the flanges or members at their points of connection to the base being materially less than the space between their outer edges, whereby the tongue can be arranged at different angles to the base without materially changing the rela- IOC tive arrangement of the flanges forming the said tongue.

In testimony, that 'I claim the foregoing as my own, I have hereto in the presence of two witnesses.

WILLIAM H. ETTER.

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